# Haiku Madness

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [February 22, 2010, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955 "2010-02-22T07:27:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 84

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**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1662 "2010-04-27T20:03:03Z")

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top sports breed cynics  
and cynics breed malcontents,  
that sure explains me!

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1663 "2010-04-27T20:11:31Z")

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“That sure explains me!”  
said Cecil, as he at last  
held a press conference.

Yes, I pronounce “conference” with two syllables.

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1664 "2010-04-28T00:51:03Z")

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Held [a] press conference,  
Said goal was to spend more time  
With the wife and kids.

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**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1665 "2010-04-28T01:54:11Z")

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With the wife and kids,  
I’m going on vacation.  
No postcard for you.

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1666 "2010-04-28T02:54:33Z")

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No postcard for you  
I dropped it down a deep well  
Then it caught fire

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1667 "2010-04-28T03:16:04Z")

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Then it caught fire  
was hit by truck, then blew up  
just not a good day.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1668 "2010-04-28T04:38:16Z")

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just not a good day.  
The bells were not a’ringing  
for me and my gal

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1669 "2010-04-28T13:22:21Z")

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for me and my gal,  
who just kneed me in the groin  
for calling her “gal”

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1670 "2010-04-28T14:07:27Z")

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For calling her “gal”  
cowpoke got a dirty look  
she found it galling

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1671 "2010-04-28T14:13:07Z")

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She found it galling  
The she found it bladdering  
Then she found it guts

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**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1672 "2010-04-28T14:22:57Z")

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Then she found it guts  
Frankenstein would live again  
Now with extra guts!

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1673 "2010-04-28T15:07:24Z")

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Now with extra guts!  
With no extra if’s or and’s  
But with extra butts!

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**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1674 "2010-04-28T17:48:19Z")

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But with extra butts  
we enjoy the nudist beach  
extra ta-tas too?

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1675 "2010-04-28T20:12:07Z")

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Extra ta-tas too?  
_Hitchhiker’s Guide_: alien  
boobs a specialty.

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1676 "2010-04-28T20:54:07Z")

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Boobs a specialty  
Of the magazine called _Juggs_  
(link not safe for work)

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**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1677 "2010-04-28T21:17:38Z")

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link not safe for work  
then why bother posting it?  
Stupid IT rules

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1678 "2010-04-28T21:32:32Z")

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Stupid IT rules  
To keep crap off my PC  
I want it bogged down  
Actually, I am IT. I’m the one who gets to tell people to take the crap off their machines. Mua ha ha.

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**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1679 "2010-04-28T21:57:38Z")

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I want it bogged down  
information overload  
slower is better

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1680 "2010-04-28T22:22:59Z")

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Slower is better  
'Til she got real excited  
And said go faster

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1681 "2010-04-29T01:19:50Z")

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And said, “Go faster!”  
so of course I obliged her  
I love her giggles.

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